Woman Sought in Connection with Assault/Kidnapping Case

The Mount Sterling Police Dept. have issued an arrest warrant for an Olive Hill woman for her possible connection to a knife assault and kidnapping. Police said three men have already been arrest in the case. The warrant was issued for 33-year-old Sabrina L. Zornes, who is wanted on charges of complicity to kidnapping, complicity to assault and tampering with physical evidence. Investigators said Zornes could be driving a 2007 white Ford Explorer with Kentucky plates 520-WTT. On Monday, Mount Sterling Police arrested 24-year-old Brandon Kyle Lambert of Morehead, 35-year-old Lonnie Thomas Bailey of Olive Hill and 43-year-old Samuel Pennington of Olive Hill after Police were sent to a local motel after receiving calls about three people assaulting someone. Witness told Police the assailants forced the man, who they were attacking, into a car and then they sped off. Mt. Sterling Police were able to locate the car based on the witnesses’ description and found it stopped near the interstate. Reports indicated that the victim and suspects were in the car and the victim was screaming for help when they arrived. According to authorities, the victim and the suspects all were covered in the victim’s blood. Police said the victim “did sustain multiple serious injuries” and was taken to an area hospital in an undisclosed condition. Lambert, Bailey, and Pennington have all been charged with kidnapping of an adult and second-degree assault and they were being held in the Montgomery Co Detention Center.